Marcos Rojo's agent reveals future at Manchester United

Manchester United's summer transfer window was ultimately brought to a close when Paul Pogba arrived from Juventus for £89 million earlier this month.

Despite Jose Mourinho hinting at further signings, the Portuguese was never likely to build upon his captures of the Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and the aforementioned France international.

Indeed, having watched in excess of £150 million spent, chief executive Ed Woodward said enough was enough and that, instead, players needed to be sold.

Marcos Rojo is one such player. The Argentine has long been tipped for a £12 million departure yet with one day of the transfer window remaining, he's still very much a United player and now looks set to stay.

That's the situation according to his agent, Carlos Goncalves, anyway.

He said, according to The Sun: "Manchester United rejected several offers from England and from abroad to sell the player. Manchester United want him to stay."

In truth, it comes as no real surprise that Mourinho opted against selling Rojo considering the dearth of quality defensive reinforcements at his disposal.

Decent back up for Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly is few and far between and should either of them suffer an untimely and long-term injury, a crisis would soon strike.

What Rojo represents, then, is a squad player.

This marks a major turnaround in fortunes for the 26-year-old having been linked not only with a £10.6 million move to La Liga's Valencia, but also a cash-plus-player deal for Southampton's Jose Fonte, who would undoubtedly be an upgrade.

Mourinho basically confirmed he had no intention of selling Rojo - or any United player for that matter - last week.

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